Kaifeng Liu

Adolescence Essay

“Adolescence is a new birth, for the higher and more complete human traits are now
bron.” By Hall. This quote shows that adolescence is a time to learn new things and make life
more complete.The purpose of adolescence is a time to learn more things, learn how life is
going, and help you to be a better person. To be a successful adult you need to have to know how
to be an independent person in a life on your own. In my adolescence I am learning how
different cultures work and how to solve a problem by myself.

In my adolescence I moved to another country. one year when I was 12, I sat down in the
seat of an airplane in an airport in China , and was ready to fly to the United States. I felt excited
to see the ground when I was in the sky, I was also excited to go to another new place I have not
gone to before. Also a little nervous about being in another country. In the US I learned they
have different cultures than China. They have different holidays, different kinds of things to do
on the holiday, different food to eat and different languages.

As I said, learning about another culture is important because it can help you know more
about what other people are doing in other places. And if there is a time you need to live there
you can know how they work. For example, learning about other places' language is important.
Because learning different languages can help you communicate with people who live in other
places than you. And if you have a question about a place you don’t know where to go you can
ask people for help. For me, trying to learn another language is very difficult. Because I need to
know what people are saying and talk to people. Therefore I think to know about other cultures is
a very important thing to do when you are in adolescence.

Another important thing to learn in adolescence is to learn how to solve problems by

yourself. A story of mine is when I was alone at home. When I was very hungry, I cooked food
by myself with no one to teach me how to cook before. I had no idea how to cook the noodles,
and I put too much water inside and too much salt inside. I didn’t know when I should put the
egg inside and when it was done. When I tasted the noodle I made it taste bad. Next time I cook I
find out the steps and the material I need before I cook something I have never cooked before or
ask my parents to teach me. So next time I am alone I can cook food by myself. That is an
important skill to become an adult, because that can help mre to be more independent. And do
things without other people's help.
 Learning how to solve problems by yourself in adolescence is important because they
feel better about themselves. They’re more independent and better placed to make good
decisions on their own, so if there is a time you need to do something by yourself and no one can
help you. Then you can find out what the problem is and think of a solution by yourself for the
problem. A quote from the book Brainstorm by Daniel I read at the beginning of the year:
“Upside: If the mind can hold on to thinking and imagining and perceiving the world in new
ways within consciousness, of creatively exploring the spectrum of experiences that are possible,
the sense of being in a rut that can sometimes pervade adult life can be minimized and instead an
experience of the “ordinary being extraordinary” can be cultivated. Not a bad strategy for living
a full life!”
This quote talks about if the adolescent can appreciate more knowledge and have more creative
skill. That can help them be less stressful when they become adults. To be creative is important
because when you have a problem you can find multiple solutions to help you. Therefore,
learning how to solve problems by yourself is important because it can help them be more
independent and help them have more ideas of how to solve the problem.

So, learning about other cultures and learning how to solve problems by yourself in
adolescence can help you be ready to be an adult. Learning other cultures can help you when you
are in another place. Learning how to solve problems by yourself can help you be more
independent. In adolescence parents can talk about their adolescence and the mistakes they make
in their adolescence tell the thing they should do and the thing they should not do. Last ,
adolescence is a great place to learn things.

Works Cited

Siegel, Daniel. Brainstorm: The power and purpose of the teenage brain. Jeremy P.
Tarcher/Penguin, 2015, pp.1-37.

Hall, G. Stanley. “G. Stanley Hall Quotes.” Brainy Quote.

https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/g_stanley_hall_381305 Accessed 30 November
2021.